ENS Event | |
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05:00 Dec 2, 2015 | |
| Title | Lost Electron Capture Device (Ecd) |
| Event Description | Eurofins Eaton Analytical, Inc., (EEA) located at 110 South Hill Street, South Bend , IN 46617 is reporting a lost ECD serial #B798 that was listed under the General License GL-638703 held by MAS Technologies.
A notice to the NRC was sent on November 25, 2015 stating that the devices under General License GL-638703 was transferred to EEA located at 110 South Hill Street, South Bend, Indiana 46617. At this time it was brought to our attention by Hector Rodriguez-Luccioni, of the Material Safety Licensing Branch, that ECD, Serial #B798 should be in our possession. After a thorough search of the facility and records we could not locate ECD B798. Written report in accordance to 10 CFR 20.2201. (i) Lost device ECD, Serial #B798, Model #02-0001972-00, isotope 63Ni, activity 15 mCi, was manufactured by Varian Associates, Inc. (ii) Was not located in a recent inventory check. (iii) The ECD was more than likely returned to Varian for disposal before 2008. (iv) No known exposures have been reported from this ECD at this time. (v) We performed a thorough search of the facility and in-house records. In addition we attempted to contact Varian. In 2010 Varian was sold off to Agilent and Buker Corp. Buker Corp then sold off their portion of Varian Gas Chromatography equipment to Scion in 2014. All three companies were contacted in order to determine who currently holds the Varian ECD records. None of the companies contacted claimed to hold the records. (vi) We now maintain a list of ECDs showing each ECD location. The list is maintained by the laboratory and monitored by the RSO. THIS MATERIAL EVENT CONTAINS A "LESS THAN CAT 3" LEVEL OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL Sources that are "Less than IAEA Category 3 sources," are either sources that are very unlikely to cause permanent injury to individuals or contain a very small amount of radioactive material that would not cause any permanent injury. Some of these sources, such as moisture density gauges or thickness gauges that are Category 4, the amount of unshielded radioactive material, if not safely managed or securely protected, could possibly - although it is unlikely - temporarily injure someone who handled it or were otherwise in contact with it, or who were close to it for a period of many weeks. For additional information go to http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/Pub1227_web.pdf |
| Where | |
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| Eurofins Eaton Analytical South Bend, Indiana (NRC Region 3) | |
| License number: | Gl-638703 |
| Organization: | Eurofins Eaton Analytical, Inc |
| Reporting | |
| 10 CFR 20.2201(a)(1)(ii) | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+5.07 h0.211 days <br />0.0302 weeks <br />0.00694 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Dale Piechocki 10:04 Dec 2, 2015 |
| NRC Officer: | Mark Abramovitz |
| Last Updated: | Dec 2, 2015 |
| 51578 - NRC Website | |
Eurofins Eaton Analytical with 10 CFR 20.2201(a)(1)(ii) | |
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[Table view]10 CFR 20.2201(a)(1)(ii) Lost Electron Capture Device (Ecd) 2015-12-02T05:00:00 | |